On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Brian May wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 03:07:35AM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> > Some packages remove the user when they are purged. This is even worse
> > I think.
>
> Presumable, if you purge the package, then the user is no longer needed.
>
> So shouldn't the user be deleted?
We cannot guarantee that no file on disk is owned by the user or group.
The local admin may for instance have made a backup copy of files owned
by the user (cp -a /etc/foo/ /etc/foo.bak; suppose something in that
dir is uid or gid user). After purging the package they are still there
and after installing another daemon they are suddenly owned by another
package's user.
Peter
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